Transport Manager

Leadership role | Manage a dedicated national transport team
- Drive continuous improvement, compliance, and efficiency
- Adaptalift Group: Stable, values-driven business with growth potential

**About Us**:
Adaptalift Group is one of Australia's leading materials handling equipment hire and sales companies. With over 40 years of heritage as a family-owned and operated business, we've grown into a dynamic, values-driven national operation that’s passionate about excellence, innovation, and safety.

As we continue to expand, an exciting opportunity exists for an experienced **Transport Manager** to lead our national transport operations, ensuring superior customer service, compliance, efficiency, and growth across our transport fleet and supplier partnerships.

**About the Role**:
Reporting directly to our National Operations Manager of this business division, you’ll oversee all transport-related activities across VIC, NSW, and QLD. Leading a team of transport coordinators and drivers, your key focus areas will include:

- **People Leadership & Team Development**:
Coach, lead, and inspire a team of drivers and coordinators, creating a cohesive, customer-centric, and high-performing environment. You'll proactively check in, provide guidance, and empower your team to meet clear KPIs.
- **Business Development & Continuous Improvement**:

- **Supplier Relationship Management**:
Actively manage and review supplier relationships, holding partners accountable to high standards of service, compliance (Chain of Responsibility) and cost-efficiency.
- **Operational & Fleet Management**:
Oversee fleet utilisation, maintenance scheduling, compliance management, and daily route planning to deliver optimal service to customers.

**What’s in This for You?**
- **Leadership Opportunity**: Take ownership of national transport operations, driving both strategic and operational outcomes.
- **Growth & Innovation**: Play a pivotal role in growing a profitable part of the business, with autonomy to introduce efficiencies and continuous improvements.
- **Values-Driven Culture**: Join a supportive, collaborative, and family-oriented team committed to innovation, customer satisfaction, and safety.
- **Career Development**: Opportunity to shape this role and evolve professionally within a growing national business.

**About You**:
You are a motivated, proactive, and solution-focused leader who thrives in a dynamic environment. Your natural curiosity drives continuous improvement, and your experience empowers you to lead confidently and manage effectively.

**You’ll bring**:

- Minimum **3-5 years’ experience managing transport or logistics teams**, including drivers and vehicles.
- Experience in the transport, logistics, or equipment rental industries will be highly regarded, although a truck licence is not required.
- A **proactive, curious mindset,** committed to challenging the status quo to drive positive change.
- Proven **leadership maturity** to strike the balance between providing guidance and maintaining accountability.
- A strong **understanding of Chain of Responsibility** (CoR), NHVR, and associated transport compliance.
- Experience **managing and optimising** third-party supplier relationships.
- Excellent **interpersonal, coaching, and stakeholder management** skills.
- A practical, solution-oriented approach to **problem-solving**, underpinned by sound commercial judgment.

**Join Adaptalift Group** and take your career forward with an industry leader committed to excellence, innovation, and customer-centric service. **APPLY NOW**